Meet Undefeated BKFC Featherweight Prospect Quentin ‘QG’ Gaskins
Quentin Gaskins had a very impressive bare knuckle debut last Friday at BKFC Fight Night: Richman vs Lozano.
‘QG’ began training in boxing at age 11 and had a considerable amount of success in the sport as an amateur.
23 years later Gaskins made his bare-knuckle boxing debut at 34 years of age and absolutely stormed straight through Zach Pannell, who was 1-0 in the sport with a first-round knockout victory over Kasey Yates earlier this year in January at BKFC Prospect Series: Albuquerque.
Gaskins established his jab early and had no issues finding his way into Pannell’s range. After eating a nasty overhand right thrown by Pannell, ‘QG’ landed vicious rights and lefts both at range and in the clinch.
Each man landed heavy shots while tied up, though Gaskins controlled the fight each time he had a wrap on Pannell’s neck. Controlling the center, Gaskins unloaded on uppercuts in close, as well as a series of right and left hooks. One of those punches connected directly in the eye of Pannell, causing him to see triple vision, and the fight was stopped at 2:00 of round one via TKO (retirement).
Click here to view Quentin Gaskins vs Zach Pannell (fast forward to one hour-eight minutes in).
In Gaskins’ earlier days he competed in 41 amateur boxing bouts, winning 32 of them and becoming a two-time NY
State Golden Gloves champion. He switched his focus to MMA at age 18, where he went on to win 13 of 17 fights as an amateur, also winning a title in that sport when he picked up a 30-second knockout victory over MMA and kickboxing champion Dillion Yarka back in 2013.
‘QG’ eventually turned professional in 2014, going on to have six fights over the next four years before leaving the sport in 2018. He won his debut before going on to have a few setbacks as a result of outside distractions, injuries, short notice affairs, cancelled bouts, and fighting because he needed the money. Gaskins stated how much more comfortable he is fighting now that he’s got finances under control, which has lessened his pressure to perform immensely.
Gaskins had been planning on making his BKFC debut much sooner, but after a number of scheduled bouts fell through he eventually took a professional boxing fight in April of 2023 because he knew he needed to get back in there, not having fought since 2018, where he won the bout via four-round unanimous decision in his pro debut.
Fast forward to April of this year and he’s now 1-0 inside the BKFC’s squared circle as well with a first round knockout.
Gaskins trains at Battlezone Boxing in St Pete, Florida alongside 5-0 BKFC stud Ryan Reber, and does much of his strength and conditioning at Crunch Fitness, where he’s also a personal trainer and boxing coach.
So, if you want to get in shape and/or learn boxing, and you’re in the Poinciana, Florida area go down there and learn from this stud; he has a wealth of knowledge in combat sports as well as overall health and fitness.
Gaskins wanted to also shout out his management team Shift MMA, who got him his match up with Pannell.
‘QG’ stated he’d like to get back in the squared circle within the next three to four months, and also said he wants two or three more fights by the end of 2024. With a performance like he had at BKFC: Clearwater, that was a very exciting thing to hear.
Quentin Gaskins was always the most talented, hardest worker in the gym, and all of us that knew him in his early 20’s knew we’d see him in the spotlight knocking people out some day. That day has finally come! Stay tuned to BKFC, this sport just keeps growing and growing.
Quentin Gaskins Combat Sports Accomplishments:
- 32-9 amateur boxing record
- Two-time NY State Golden Gloves Champion (2007, 2008)
- 13-3-1 amateur mixed martial arts record
- Art of Combat featherweight champion (MMA)
- Six pro MMA fights
- Two pro kickboxing fights
- 1-0 in pro boxing
- 1-0 in bare knuckle boxing
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